letters

I have one simple question for Trump supporters. You voted for him and still support him in spite of his extreme dishonesty in both business and personal lives. He has an overly low view of women, people from other countries, those of darker skin color (other than orange), anyone...

In response to a letter in the May 9 Echo Journal, I personally found the letter offensive as I think the letter writer completely missed the point of Mr. Abler's column. I did not interpret that he was comparing President Trump to Jesus, I certainly would not; however, I would compare...

Pequot Lakes students who participated in the Day of Caring treated me and my home with respect. Never did I hear even one swear word. They proved to be good, hard workers. The group worked together as a team. To all their parents - be proud of them. You are doing a good job. If they...

I want to thank all the students from Pequot Lakes High School who came out on Wednesday (May 8-Day of Caring) even though everything was wet from the rain. Megan, Logan, William and Jack did an excellent job of raking my yard even though the leaves were wet and heavy. They were very...

A letter writer refutes my previous letter that lamented zero support from some Minnesota lawmakers for universal gun-purchase background check legislation by calling out, in his view, a lack of statistical relevance. In a first-ever study comparing state gun laws, the Boston University...

While I am not special pleader for our president, I am an ardent pleader for our Constitution and the rule of law. Recent letter writers indicate they want the president removed from office, frequently citing the Constitution. They, like the rest of the far left, have no factual basis...

Republican U.S. Attorney General William Barr lied to the Senate Judiciary Committee, run by Republican Lindsay Graham. He lied about what Special Counsel Republican Robert Mueller thought about Barr's "summary" letter, which attempted to exonerate Republican Donald Trump, current...

The Pine River-Backus School District has a bond referendum vote coming up May 14, and an informational meeting was held May 7 for people to learn more on the referendum. While I am generally wary of tax increases, I am writing to encourage people to find out more about this referendum...

I have been a summer resident in Nisswa for 53 years and have enjoyed every aspect of being able to call Nisswa my second home. In my teens I was lucky enough to even spend my summers working in Nisswa. My parents, and now I, have had a subscription to the Echo for as long as I can...

Vote "yes" on the school bond referendum Tuesday, May 14, at Pine River City Hall. Each piece of this referendum is a much needed improvement to our school district and our community. I am a 1976 graduate of Pine River High School, and recently, I had the opportunity to visit the...

Nora Kline's monument is placed at the entrance gate of the Old Cemetery. This was the work of many friends, working together to honor the dead. She has been resting peacefully in a section near here beside her husband, Will, since her death on May 22, 1961. They have been blessed...

Driftwood Resort on Upper Whitefish Lake shut down in 2009 and was subdivided into 10 lakeshore parcels and three off-lake parcels. A developer has purchased five of the lakeshore parcels and has requested that Crow Wing County rezone those five parcels as a single Waterfront Commercial...

Just when sanity seems forever lost in a land once known as "America the Beautiful," you catch a glimmer of hope, a beacon, shining out across our fly-over country in central lakes Minnesota. In an April 24 opinion letter to the Brainerd Dispatch, "Who are these people?", a writer...

A letter writer is being genuinely dishonest in his knowledge about guns and perpetuating that as fact. Let me correct some of those factually incorrect assertions. First, he again asserts the shipping of firearms on internet sales between parties online. The only way you can ship...

I am so excited to support the referendum to update our school's need for growth! As a past graduate (many, many years ago), I enjoy watching my grandkids and great-nieces and -nephews in their many activities. What a great hub of entertainment events that take place there. This expansion...